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Scientists Find Soft Tissue in T-Rex Fossil

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-it-actually-tasted-like-chicken dept.

douglips writes "Reuters is running a story about a shocking development in paleontology: A T-Rex thigh bone fossil was reluctantly broken to fit in a transport helicopter, and inside soft tissue was found. It appears to include blood vessels and bone cells. Scientists hope to isolate proteins, and perhaps even DNA."

2 of 978 comments (clear)

  1. Re:good food... by cparisi · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Now we will know if it tastes like chicken!

  2. Re:Thank god for Jurassic Park... by Mr.+Cancelled · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Don't forget the other important lesson from that movie: Never hide in the outhouse.

    You may have to go, and can argue that the outhouse is the appropriate place to be in the event of a T-Rex attack, but don't do it! Bad things will happen!!